Kathy is up for day 6 of our Handmade Christmas Blog Hop!

It looks like the hop is moving along... Didn't you just love the doves Ali created!  I am envisioning a whole tree filled with them!  How lovely would that be?  I hope you remember to print off your recipes & patterns from days 1-5!  We have a lot more to go,,, so be sure to keep them in a safe place!

 

Blog Hop Day 6 * The Cottage at Cardiff Farms

 

Today I bring you my friend Kathy, from The Cottage at Cardiff Farms!  She resides on a three-acre farm just outside sunny San Diego, CA!  Many of you have come to know her through her sweet pin cushion books and more recently, her barn quilt!  Over the past couple of years, I have got to know Kathy well & really enjoy her work!  She has a great heart, loves to spend time in her garden, make homemade jams & bake!  A girl after my own heart!

 

Kathy also works & teaches at The Country Loft in La Mesa, Ca.  If you have not been to that shop, I would highly recommend it!  It is one of my FAV shops!  And, as a bonus, you could take a class from Kathy!  This past spring I flew out and taught there, met some wonderful customers of the shop, spent time with the gals there and Kathy.  I had so much fun!!!!  I sure wish I lived much closer as they all are so kind, inspiring and they have so much WOOL there!  What more does a girl need!  I am so excited to have Kathy in the hop... I hope you enjoy a new addition and welcome her to the group!



And yes!  We are running on no sleep here!!!! LOL! :)

Let's go click the link and head to her page!

 

http://thecottageatcardifffarms.com/blog/

 

     Dec 1 * Quilts By Cheri
Dec 2 * Plumcute Designs

Dec 3 * Gail Pan Designs

Dec 4 * Woolen Willow Designs
Dec 5 * Ali Strebel Designs
Dec 6 * The Cottage at Cardiff Farms
Dec 7 * Blackberry Primitives

Dec 8 * Wooden Spool Designs

Dec 9 * Heartspun Quilts

Dec 10 * Notforgotten Farm

Dec 11 * Kathy Schmitz

Dec 12 * Crabapple Hill

Dec 13 * Primitive Gatherings

Dec 14 * Buttermilk Basin

Dec 15 * Special Guest

 

For those of you who are new to the annual hop - Welcome! 

How this works... is that each day, {Dec 1-15} I will post (along with the other delightful bloggers) a link for you to click on from our blogs that will take you directly to that day's designer blog where you will read a bit about them and their favorite Holiday memory for example.  You will also receive a complimentary recipe from them that you can print off and add to you collection!  Then don't forget to download their complimentary design they designed just for this blog hop event {AND thank them in the comments!!}.  I have been in contact with each of the designers and we are all so excited to see the hop come together... and help us all get in the spirit of giving!  This is our small token of thanking each of you for supporting us designers and our passion!  

Without you... we would not be able to do what we do! 

Are you ready?  Let's get the hop going!  ENJOY!

It's "Lucky" Friday on our FB Page!

Every Friday we give away goods on our FB Page!  After checking out the blog hop... Stop over FB and leave a comment to win these 3 Holiday Patterns!  Friday's are always fun at the Basin! 

Today, Day 5 of the Hop is Ali Strebel!!!

Sorry I did not have a chance to fix Jeni's link for you to download earlier!   Super busy day!  It is now fixed and if you scroll down on my blog or FB the link is there for each of you to click and print!  As I say that - I want to Thank Debbie Busby for offering to create a link for us!  What a swell gal!  Teamwork makes things so much easier!!!  Thanks to all of you for being patient and understanding as glitches happen! 

Trust me.. it will not spoil our hop!!!!! :)

 

Blog Hop Day 5 * Ali Strebel Designs

 

This next gal is off the charts creative!  She is Ali Strebel of Ali Strebel Designs!  Back in the day, she became know for her work with her friend, Sally thru their company "Kindred Spirits"!  I think it is fair to say that they really did open the door for us primitive designers!  They set the bar high.. with their fresh, new perspective on wool, embellishing & sharing their talent thru books, patterns & their shop.

 

Since Sally retired, Ail kept creating! {Aren't we LUCKY!}  She moved all her goods to her Cottage behind her home and offers classes & supplies for rug hookers, needle felters & fiber artists!  If you have time - you really should scroll thru her blog as she attends a lot of rug hooking shows and shares some fantastic pictures of her travels, including some beautiful hand hooked rugs!  Rug hooking really is an art and I can't think of anyone who does it better then Ali!  I see another road trip gals!  Who's in! :)

  Let's go click the link and head to her page!

 

http://alistrebel.blogspot.com/

 

     Dec 1 * Quilts By Cheri
Dec 2 * Plumcute Designs

Dec 3 * Gail Pan Designs

Dec 4 * Woolen Willow Designs
Dec 5 * Ali Strebel Designs
Dec 6 * The Cottage at Cardiff Farms

Dec 7 * Blackberry Primitives

Dec 8 * Wooden Spool Designs

Dec 9 * Heartspun Quilts

Dec 10 * Notforgotten Farm

Dec 11 * Kathy Schmitz

Dec 12 * Crabapple Hill

Dec 13 * Primitive Gatherings

Dec 14 * Buttermilk Basin

Dec 15 * Special Guest

 

For those of you who are new to the annual hop - Welcome! 

How this works... is that each day, {Dec 1-15} I will post (along with the other delightful bloggers) a link for you to click on from our blogs that will take you directly to that day's designer blog where you will read a bit about them and their favorite Holiday memory for example.  You will also receive a complimentary recipe from them that you can print off and add to you collection!  Then don't forget to download their complimentary design they designed just for this blog hop event {AND thank them in the comments!!}.  I have been in contact with each of the designers and we are all so excited to see the hop come together... and help us all get in the spirit of giving!  This is our small token of thanking each of you for supporting us designers and our passion!  

Without you... we would not be able to do what we do! 

Are you ready?  Let's get the hop going!  ENJOY!

 

Jeni's Pattern to Download!

Hey!  Thought we would help ease printing off Jeni's pattern for you!  Sometimes computers/files/linking doesn't work as slick as it should!  But luckily, Debbie Busby was able to work her magic and get it linked up for you all! Please click the link and you should be able to save or print it off!

 

ttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8MUisovHQFnelNiRnFOOW51Y3M/view?usp=sharing

 

Meet Jeni for Day 4 of the Blog Hop!

Well... Now that we have all visited Gail in Australia... we can cross that off our bucket list!!! :)  I think it is so fun to have the opportunity to meet and get to know so many designers on a personal level.  That is another bonus of being in this great industry - it really is filled with some amazing & and talented gals!

Blog Hop Day 4 * Woolen Willow Designs

Up next is a gal most of you may know thru their family magazine, Primitive Quilts & Projects!  {Which we are very lucky to have & be apart of!!}  She is Jeni Gaston from Woolen Willow Designs!  We are glad she was able to join our hop as she is on a big deadline for a project she is working on!  {That is going to be exciting too!!!!}  Like most of us, she loves working in various mediums from cotton to wool!  She also wears many hats besides being a designer... She is the Creative Director for their magazine, a wool dyer, mother of two and an amazing pet owner to her two cats {Pea & Gray} and of course, her puppy, Chester!  I am starting to realize most of us designers are also big pet lovers!!!

 

I think this is so neat that prior to her journey in this industry, Jeni served in the United States Navy as a dental technician & assistant!  Isn't this a sweet picture of her and her grandmother!!!! :)

Photo Credit: Jeni/Woolen Willow Designs

 It really has been a pleasure to get to know Jeni!  I look forward to heading their way one day to check out their shop & see some behind the scenes of their magazine!  Wouldn't that be cool to see!  Let's click the link again and head over to her blog and see what she created just for us!!!

http://jenifromthewillow.blogspot.com/

                                                    Dec 1 * Quilts By Cheri

Dec 2 * Plumcute Designs

Dec 3 * Gail Pan Designs

Dec 4 * Woolen Willow Designs

Dec 5 * Ali Strebel Designs

Dec 6 * The Cottage at Cardiff Farms

Dec 7 * Blackberry Primitives

Dec 8 * Wooden Spool Designs

Dec 9 * Heartspun Quilts

Dec 10 * Notforgotten Farm

Dec 11 * Kathy Schmitz

Dec 12 * Crabapple Hill

Dec 13 * Primitive Gatherings

Dec 14 * Buttermilk Basin

Dec 15 * Special Guest

 

For those of you who are new to the annual hop - Welcome! 

How this works... is that each day, {Dec 1-15} I will post (along with the other delightful bloggers) a link for you to click on from our blogs that will take you directly to that day's designer blog where you will read a bit about them and their favorite Holiday memory for example.  You will also receive a complimentary recipe from them that you can print off and add to you collection!  Then don't forget to download their complimentary design they designed just for this blog hop event {AND thank them in the comments!!}.  I have been in contact with each of the designers and we are all so excited to see the hop come together... and help us all get in the spirit of giving!  This is our small token of thanking each of you for supporting us designers and our passion!  

Without you... we would not be able to do what we do! 

Are you ready?  Let's get the hop going!  ENJOY!